Cooking-stove



No. 606,846. Patented luly 57 i898.

0. W. SNYDEF.

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(Application filed Aug. 17, 1896.) (Nc Model.)

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UNITED STAT-Es' PATENT FFICE.

OTIS VILSO'N SNYDER, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

COOKING-sTovE..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,846, dated July 5, 1898.

Applioationled August 17, 1896. Serial No. 603,016. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, Oris WILSON SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cooking-Stoves, of which the l following is a specification.

parts in a cooking-stove, as hereinafter de-` scribed and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cookingstove in broken outline and with side plate removed to show the flue-strips and oven and myimproved device for supporting and bracing the same. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical cross-section of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of the oven-support and flue-brace detached. Fig. 4 is a view of one of the bottomv fine-strips.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates a cooking-stove, and 2 the oven.

The bottom flue-strips 3 and 4 may have their lower edges set, as usual, in grooves formed in the stove-bottom. Each of these bottom nue-strips is provided in its top edge with a rectangular notch 5 to receive the horizontal portion of a yoke-shaped oven-support and flue-,brace 6, having feet 7, through which it is bolted to the bottom of the stove, as shown., The yoke 6 is provided on the under side of its horizontal portion with lugs 8, adjacent to the vertical arms of the yoke and forming therewith recesses 9, that are adapted to interlock withY the notches 5 inthe upper edges of the bottom flue-strips. Thisinterlocking of the yoke-shaped brace 6 with the notched bottom flue-strips 3 and 4 effectually prevents said liuc-strips from falling over and consequently obstructing the oven-nues.

It will be obvious that by notching the top edges of the bottom flue-strips Sand 4, as described, and engaging or embedding the horizontal portion of the yoke-shaped brace 6 in the notches or recesses 5, so that the top of the yoke will be flush with the top edges of the bottom flue-strips, a perfectly even and firm support will be provided for the oven. The horizontal portion of the yoke shaped support and brace 6 is preferably provided with a central aperture 10, through which may be passed a bolt for securing the oven in place. This manner of supporting the oven and bracing the flue-strips will prevent warping or buckling of the oven-bottom and flue-strips and will permit ready access for thoroughly and easily cleaning out ashes and soot from the oven-fines Without requiring removal of the oven.

The yoke-shaped support and brace 6 may be made from wrought or cast iron, steel, or any suitable metal. The oven 2 may have any usual or desired form and may be constructed from any approved material.

Although I have, shown but one support and brace 6, it is obvious that two or more maybe provided, if desired, the bottom nuestrips 3 and 4 being provided with a corresponding number of notches in which to embed the braces. Each brace may be made any width and thickness desired and will have a height corresponding with the elevation of the bottom liuc-strips.

At the rear of the oven are the usual vertical back flue-strips 11 and 12, that may be secured to the back plate ofthe stove, and to the bottom flue-strips also,'inlany suitable or approved manner.

As a means for bracing the bottom fluestrips and supporting the oven it has been heretofore proposed to employ bolts extending from the oven-bottom to the stovebottom and passed through the flue -space. Such bolts are unnecessary with `my yoke-shaped oven-support and flue-brace, and Ithus avoid obstructing-the oven-hues, as is liable to occur with the bolts referred to, which also tend to become softened by exposure to the great heat in the fines, and consequently-faute hold the oven and flue-strips secure. The yoke-shaped brace or braces will securely lock the bottom flue-strips without obstructing the flue-spaces and at the same time a rm and even foundation is afforded for the oven.

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vWhat I claim as my invention isl. The combination with a cooking-stove, and the bottom flue-strips notched in the upper edge, of a yoke-shaped oven-support and brace secured to the stove-bottom and provided on the under side of its horizontal portion with recesses to engage and loel; With the notches in the upper edges of the bottom liuc-strips to brace said strips and provide a firm and even support for the oven, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a cooking-stove, of the bottom flue-strips, the vertical back flue-strips, a yoke-shaped oven-support and Hue-brace interloeked with the bottom llue- R. S. KINKEAD, E. l). SoUTIIoATn. 

